Maariv daily cites “senior Likud sources” in Friday’s paper claiming Prime Minister Netanyahu supports FM Liberman’s population swap plan.
By Tova Dvorin
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu supports Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman’s land swap plan, according to a Maariv report Friday.
The swap, which Israel reportedly offered the US in talks in December, refers to the area known as the Triangle in east-central Israel. The area includes the cities of Tayibe and Tira, in which about 300,000 Arabs live
Israeli Arabs in those areas would become citizens of a Palestinian state, according to the proposal. In return for the area ceded, Israel will get to keep settlement blocs in Judea and Samaria. Continue Reading »
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